Sudbury Outdoor Adventure Reels Film Festival

The Sudbury Outdoor Adventure Reels Film Festival is an annual film festival, launched in Greater Sudbury, Ontario in 2021.^[1] A partnership of the Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op and Laurentian University's program in outdoor adventure leadership, the festival presents a selection of local and international films on outdoor and wilderness adventure and travel.^[2]

History

The festival was launched after the Banff Mountain Film Festival, whose annual national touring circuit of films about outdoor sport and adventure had included a stop at Laurentian University for many years, cancelled its 2020 tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.^[3] In response, ADVL coordinator Jim Little contacted the Sudbury Indie Cinema Coop to collaborate on launching their own new festival; Sudbury Indie Cinema director Beth Mairs had also previously been the owner of Wild Women Expeditions, an operator of outdoor adventure tourism programs for women.^[4]

The inaugural festival had originally been planned for early 2021,^[4] although its launch was ultimately delayed until October.^[1] Films screened at the inaugural edition included The Wall of Shadows, Home: The Outward Journey Inward, Cholitas, On Falling, North of Nightfall, Bear-Like and The Rescue, as well as a program of short films.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "A new outdoor adventure film festival coming to Sudbury". Sudbury Star, October 17, 2021.
^ "Sudbury Indie Cinema, LU outdoor program team up to create new film fest". Soo Today, October 18, 2021.
^ Molly Frommer, "Sudbury's newest film festival bringing outdoor adventure". CTV Northern Ontario, October 21, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Adventure film festival coming to Sudbury". Sudbury Star, December 21, 2020.